"acerb" meaning in All languages combined

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        "(archaic) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit."
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          "word": "kitkerä"
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        "(archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself."
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          "word": "pureva"
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        "(archaic) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit."
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kitkerä"
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      "word": "acerbo"
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      "form": "acerba",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acerbii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acerbele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acerb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acerbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acerbi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acerbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acerbului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acerbei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acerbilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acerbelor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "acerb m or n (feminine singular acerbă, masculine plural acerbi, feminine and neuter plural acerbe)",
      "name": "ro-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ro-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian adjectives",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "harsh, unkind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "harsh",
          "harsh"
        ],
        [
          "unkind",
          "unkind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "acerb"
}